January 6, 2012Comments Off on Pachter: Poor on LI at $72,000 per year

By Paule T. Pachter In her December 2011 monthly economic report, Pearl Kamer, chief economist for the Long Island Association, addresses the issue of poverty on Long Island. According to newly released census data, the official poverty rate on Long ...

Squeezed by rising living costs, a record number of Americans — nearly 1 in 2 — have fallen into poverty or are scraping by on earnings that classify them as low income. The latest census data depict a middle class ...

November 7, 2011Comments Off on Revised gov’t formula shows poverty at 49.1M

The ranks of America’s poor are greater than previously known, reaching a new level of 49.1 million — or 16 percent — due to rising medical costs and other expenses that make it harder for people to stay afloat, according ...

When children living in poverty turn 4, they are already 18 months behind normal cognitive development. Odds are those children will never catch up. Coming this month is an opportunity to change those odds. It’s a Race to the Top ...